Background
The National Leprosy/TB Control Programme under the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH&SW) is responsible for the overall coordination, planning, implementation and monitoring of the TB programme in the Gambia. The programme operates within the existing primary health care (PHC) system in which there are regional health management teams, regional TB control officers, leprosy/TB inspectors, community health workers and village health workers.
Goal
To reduce TB prevalence by at least 2% a year from the current rate of 128/100,000 population to 103/100,000 population by 2017
Strategic Objectives:
National TB Control Program is a unit under the Directorate of Health Services